The Peruvian Democratic Party (
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: ''Partido Demócrata Peruano'', PDP) is a
Peru
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vian political party founded on 26 June 2006 by former
Union for Peru
Union for Peru ( es, Unión por el Perú) was a Peruvian political party founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, an ex- UN Secretary General, in 1994 to run for the Presidency of Peru in the 1995 general elections. Originally a social democratic pa ...
(UPP) members following differences within the party.
Elected
Congress
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members
Carlos Torres Caro,
Gustavo Espinoza and
Rocío González left UPP after the defeat of the party's presidential ticket, led by
Ollanta Humala
Lieutenant colonel Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (; born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician and former military officer who served as President of Peru from 2011 to 2016. Originally a socialist and left-wing nationalist, he is considered ...
and featuring Torres Caro as a candidate to Second Vice-President, in the Second Round (runoff) of the
2006 national election. The rift arose when Humala called on radical left groups to join a "People's Democratic and Nationalist Front" (''"Frente Nacionalista Democrático y Popular"''), to be led by UPP and Humala's own
Peruvian Nationalist Party
Peruvian Nationalist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista Peruano;'' PNP) is a center-left to left-wing political party in Peru.
History
The Nationalist Party had as its antecedent the Peruvian Nationalist Movement. The party was originally ...
.
Torres Caro is the party's leader and most prominent member, having not only been on UPP's presidential ticket, but also having obtained the most individual votes from UPP's congressional candidates.
Political parties established in 2006
Political parties in Peru
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